burning the candle at both ends

Example Sentences

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And I think that’s true for a lot of cooks — or anyone burning the candle at both ends.

From Salon • May 23, 2025

Murray adds that he didn’t know how to say “no” in a healthy way and that he was burning the candle at both ends.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 20, 2024

"I'd been burning the candle at both ends, looking back on it," says Megan McCann, 31, from west London.

From BBC • Aug. 7, 2022

But it’s two weeks of burning the candle at both ends.

From New York Times • Jul. 23, 2021

Dear Sproutarina, Your difficulty is that you are burning the candle at both ends and sooner or later you are going to melt.

From Take Me for a Ride: coming of age in a destructive cult by Laxer, Mark Eliot